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Rhymes & Songs Rhyme & SingThe benefits of using rhymes and songs with your baby are endless! Chanting rhymes and singing songs can comfort and entertain your child and is a way to form a loving and lasting bond with your baby. Listening to language lays the groundwork for reading. Rhymes & Songs are free, portable, short and can be shared by all the members of your family. They are perfect for any situation; bath time, preparing meals, in the bath or even when you're stuck waiting in line at the post office! For even better connections, try inserting your baby's name wherever possible. Just watch, you'll see how your baby will begin to try to imitate your mouth movements when you are chanting "Buckle my shoe" - he is learning language and you are laying the groundwork for a him to learn to read! Go here for more information on Early Literacy and how using rhymes & songs are helping you Raise a Reader.
Rhymes & Songs - Why Nursery Rhymes?Written by GretchenHamsCas... on 03/28/2009
Before babies can understand our spoken words, nursery rhymes help demonstrate the rhythms, patterns and sounds of our speech to them. By sharing nursery rhymes with your baby, you will be helping them build pre-literacy skills. As they grow, learning the rhymes themselves will help them expand their vocabuary, learn number skills and give them confidence to express themselves through speech. Another benefit to using nursery rhymes are that the books and stanzas are short so you can share them in bits and pieces. That will come especially in handy when your baby becomes a toddler and can't sit still for very long! Some of my favorites from this section are:
Kids Music That RocksWritten by GretchenHamsCas... on 02/09/2009Kids have a natural love of music. They love to dance, shake and explore sounds and movement. Like with so many things in their lives, music is much more fun when it is shared with the grownups and siblings in their lives! Music can help focus their attention, music can lift their spirits and research shows that music can help make them smarter! Many researchers believe that the earlier kids are exposed to music, the more their sponge-like brains absorb and respond to tones. In Early Literacy research, this is beneficial to their pre-literacy development and is known as Phonological Awareness. There are lots of ways you can help build this skill in and with your child including:
Good Kids music is not something that is easy to find. A lot of the albums are hit or miss with quality and enjoyableness for the grownups who have to listen to it too. We read a blog called Kids Music that Rocks and are introduced to lots of new artists and albums through there. Kiera wrote a piece a while back with links to some of her favorites from our collection like Elizabeth Mitchell, They Might be Giants and the Terrible Twos. To her list, I'd to add some World Music presented by Putumayo (Kids):
And now I leave you with some fun music from Feist from a guest appearance on Sesame Street. Have fun listening to music with your little one!!! Busy LibrariansWritten by GretchenHamsCas... on 12/14/2008We've been talking about the new library a lot haven't we? Have you been wondering what is keeping us busy while the library is closed? I put together a VoiceThread about what we are working on in the Children's Room so you can see what we've been up to. We encourage you to comment!
Grownup Music Kids Can EnjoyWritten by KieraParrott on 10/13/2008After blogging about Kids Music Grownups Can Enjoy, I started thinking- there's a whole lot of music that adults can easily share with kids. Generally, unless you're listening to 50 Cent or Marilyn Manson, most grownup music is ripe to be shared with young listeners. If not for my mom, I may never have discovered Steely Dan, Joni Mitchell, or Billie Holiday. Here are some recording artists and albums that work well for babies, grownups, and everybody in-between: For the Jazz fan:
Jazz is a great way to introduce kids to the unique sounds of different instruments. For a fun jump around, dance session, also try Squirrel Nut Zippers or Louis Prima. For the Bossanova Baby:
For the Alterna-Rock and Folksy Parents:
The above selections are just a handful of my own favorites. What types of music to you enjoy sharing with your children?
Rhyming BooksWritten by Anna on 09/18/2008
Click on the rhyming tag in the catalog to find some rhyming books for toddlers and preschoolers. Of course, many more books are out there. So if you come across one of your favorite rhyming books, tag it in the catalog, and it will totally be added!
Rhyming books also help with phonological awareness and sensitivity; the ability to hear the breakdown of sounds within words. Being aware of phonemes as a small child, will help them when they are older and begin to read -- when they need to sound out words for themselves. The Every Child Ready to Read site has lots of ways we can interact with kids regarding phonological awareness, as well as other emergent literacy skills for babies, toddlers, and pre-readers. Check it out! Some fun phological awareness activities:
I've Got a Song in My HeartWritten by caitlin on 09/09/2008I can't sing. And yet, somehow, I always want to do songs in storytime or just sing snatches of tunes as I go through the day. Just so you know, your children's librarians like Abba, the Beatles, The Sound of Music, and many other songs (on Fridays, Brick House!) Here are a few of my favorite picture books that can be sung or that are a song. I hope you find a song in your heart, too, even if it's a little wobbly and off-key like mine.
I could go on, but you could also look under the Amazing, Fabulous, Library of Congress' subject heading Children's songs - text. It's linked for you here. Kissing, Tickling and Peek-a-BooWritten by GretchenHamsCas... on 08/28/2008These are great snuggly rhymes & songs that end with you giving your baby and sweet smooch, tickle or his favorite - peek-a-boo!
Come-a-Look-a-See (work your way across your baby's hand like This Little Piggy wiggling each of them one at a time)
This Little Baby
These are Baby’s Fingers Pizza Pizza Pumpernickel
Away up High
Great A, Little a
Round and Round the Garden Bouncing SongsWritten by GretchenHamsCas... on 08/28/2008These are great songs to sing while bouncing your child on your lap or cradled on your arms. With repetition, they will begin to anticipate the dip, kiss or tickle at the end!
Little Red Wagon One wheel's off and the axle's broken (dip to the left)
Tommy O’Flynn
The Grand Old Duke of York
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In our First Five (F5) collection, a great section to look for books for your babies in is the Rhymes & Songs glade (dark blue labels).
Rhyming books...they're fun to read aloud because they read like songs. In storytime they are some of the most silliest and entertaining reads; my favorites! I can do all kinds of activities that extend right from the book, making the books interactive. 
